Being constantly annoyed is a true thief of joy. While it takes effort, you can, instead, choose to respond to annoying situations differently… because, very often, those situations cannot be changed.

Five ways to calm your nervous system: mindfulness, breath, body, thoughts, and behavior

A surprising take on sleep meditation: 99 bottles of beer on the wall. Yes, really…

We can use our breath and body to calm our nervous system, to communicate directly with our brain.

The #1 reason I recommend my clients meditate … and it’s probably not what you think.

Exploring your relationship to distraction and what Mary Oliver calls “the intimate interrupter,” and what to do when it inevitably shows up.

A morbid countdown … or a powerful path to empowered living? You decide.

Six reasons why I’ve pulled back from social media … and am better for it.

Whatever comes after, “I just try to tell myself …,” you don’t actually believe. Language matters. Shift your self-talk to access emotional belief not just an intellectual understanding in order to shift how you feel.

Wilson Pickett’s raw version of ‘Born to be Wild’ teaches us that language matters.

Pro-tip to disengage from mindless scrolling and for truly curating inspirational content

Making tangible, concrete items with your hands is correlated with reduced depression and anxiety, and improved overall emotional wellbeing.

Exploring the deep structure of regret, and finding the meaning in regret.

Exploring what regret is, how it works, and how we process it to allow us to learn from our mistakes and create meaningful lives.

Exploring the mindset required to practice hygge, the Danish art of “taking pleasure in the presence of gentle, soothing things,” using mindfulness, gratitude, and getting out of your comfort zone.

How I organically transitioned from a forensic psychologist to an anxiety therapist … against my will.

‘Root to Flourish READS’ recommends ‘The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World’ by His Holiness The Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. This book chronicles a week-long conversation with these two spiritual leaders, allowing their own wisdom to provide an answer to the question: How do we find joy in the face of inevitable suffering?

You can be happier today by engaging in these three tasks.

Taking inspiration from Professor Dumbledore, we reflect on where we can find happiness, from within.

Practicing happiness means leveraging the percentage of our emotional wellbeing that is within our own control, recognizing that our behaviors and our habits do matter to affect how we feel.